TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - A randomized practical behavioural trial of curriculum-based advocacy training for individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Brown, Allen W.
A1  - Moessner, Anne M.
A1  - Bergquist, Thomas F.
A1  - Kendall, Kathryn S.
A1  - Diehl, Nancy N.
A1  - Mandrekar, Jay
SP  - 1530
EP  - 1538
VL  - 29
IS  - 13-14
N2  - PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To test whether a curriculum-based advocacy training programme improves advocacy behaviour when compared to a matched group engaged in self-directed advocacy activities. RESEARCH DESIGN: Community-based randomized practical behavioural trial. <br><br>METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Adults with moderate-severe TBI 1 or more years post-injury and their family members were recruited in Minnesota (4 years), Iowa and Wisconsin (each 3 years) and randomized into a curriculum-based or self-directed advocacy training group. Both groups met on the same day, at separate locations in the same city, once per month for 4 consecutive months. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS: Pre-post written and video testimony were rated using the Advocacy Behaviour Rating Scale (ABRS). Mean ABRS scores increased after intervention in both groups (curriculum n = 129, self-directed n = 128), but there was no significant difference in this increase between groups. When groups were combined, a significant pre-post improvement in mean ABRS scores was observed. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Curriculum-based advocacy training was not superior to a self-directed approach in improving ABRS scores. A significant improvement in expression of an advocacy message was observed when intervention groups were combined. These findings suggest that bringing together like-minded motivated individuals is more important than programme structure or content in changing advocacy behaviour.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2015.1075173
ID  - ref1
ER  -